Maccabi Tel Aviv quits European Volleyball Challenge Cup

JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- European Volleyball Challenge Cup runners-up Maccabi Tel Aviv withdrew from the competition due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli club said in a statement on Friday.

The Israeli league champions were supposed to face the Albanian champions SK Tirana in the qualification round in a home-and-away format. However, the security situation in Israel made it imp